The Finnish-Russian Cross Border University networks (CBU and BCBU) announce their first joint summer school program entitled 'Multidisciplinary Dialogue – Wellbeing, Technology and Environment'. The 5-day course will be offered from the 27th to the 31st of August 2012, at the University of Lapland, in Rovaniemi, Finland.

Focusing on multidisciplinary dialogues between the different study fields of Health and Wellbeing, Technology, and Environment, the aim of the summer school is to encourage the participants to communicate across science fields and to examine connections between their own and other disciplines at various scales. In addition, during the course summer school participants will hear from teachers and scientific experts about relevant research methodologies, as well as multidisciplinary research ethics.

Visit the following websites in the coming weeks for further details and application information:

The Finnish-Russian Cross-Border University (CBU) is formed by ten universities, four in Finland [i.e. University of Helsinki; University of Eastern Finland; Lappeenranta University of Technology; University of Tampere] and six in Russia [St. Petersburg State University; Petersburg State Polytechnical University; Petrozavodsk State University; St. Petersburg State Forest Technical University; Moscow State Forest University; and the European University at St. Petersburg]. The ten CBU universities are jointly offering Master’s Degree Programmes in five fields of study: Business and Administration; Forestry and Environmental Engineering; Information and Communications Technology; International Relations; and Public Health.

The Barents Cross Border University (BCBU) is a cooperative network of universities in Northern Finland and Northwest Russia. Consisting of two universities in Finland [University of Oulu and the University of Lapland] and seven in Russia [Karelian State Pedagogical Academy; Murmansk Humanities Institute; Murmansk State Humanities University; Murmansk State Technical University; Northern (Arctic) Federal University; Northern State Medical University; and Petrozavodsk State University], this network of select partners offer four different joint-degree programmes in the study fields of Comparative social work; Environmental Engineering; Information systems; and Circumpolar Health and Well-being.

The University of the Arctic (UArctic) is a cooperative network of universities, colleges, research institutes and other organizations concerned with education and research in and about the North. UArctic builds and strengthens collective resources and collaborative infrastructure that enables member institutions to better serve their constituents and their regions. Through cooperation in education, research and outreach we enhance human capacity in the North, promote viable communities and sustainable economies, and forge global partnerships.